I have a pond about 1/4 acre or so. It was stocked about 4 or 5 years ago this spring. In my opinion it was overstocked with 100 F1 bass and 1000 coppernose bg. summer before last I was catching 3-3 1/2 lb bass regularly. I started feeding the coppernose almost everyday last summer. I have loads and loads of small to pretty big handful size coppernose bg's. last summer suddenly i was only seeing and catching bass about 1-2 lbs. a neighbor said he'd been seeing another neighbor who had just built a pond sneaking in my pond after i went to work in the evenings. so i guess he got my bigger bass......anyway, when i feed the bg i have about 5 bass, maybe 1 1/2-2 lb, that follow me around the bank and often lunge at the bg while they eat the feed on top. I'm thinking about bringing some 3+ lb largemouth from guntersville lake and put them in my pond to replace the bigger ones that apparently are in my neighbors pond now......is this advisable? i only plan on about 8 or so.... I think i have plenty of coppernose to support that many. they boil the water like crazy when feeding. also planning on bringing some big shellcracker from gville when they get on bed in a week or two. would also like some tilapia but they're expensive and I can't afford that right now. maybe next year if work picks up. anybody see a problem with my plan? i also have a good bit of filamentous algae this year...i havent checked the relative weight of the bass yet but i plan on it in a few days. I'd like big bass not really big numbers. one more question, my coppernose won't hardly bit ANYTHING since i started feeding the fish food last summer. i caught them alot when i first started feeding but after about a month they got where they wouldnt bite hardly any at all. just a few here and there....... i'm also thinking about starting to fertilize my pond. just thought of one more question/comment. last summer i bought 6 bags of cargill feed in the blue bags, on the way home it got rained on a little bit. i kept it inside the shed and it did get some mold in it but i still used it with no noticable fish problems. over the winter i noticed little worms crawling around on the bag and they put silk all over everything around the bags and would turn into tiny little flying insects. i have opened a new bag this spring and started feeding it. it had a top layer of feed that was full of the silk so i dipped it out. the feed under it looks ok. does have a little bit of powdery mold in it, and can tell it has been eaten on by the little worms a little..I'm not gonna use anymore of it. i'm gonna go buy a new bag friday and the remaining 5 1/2 bags will go to waste I guess but i dont wanna hurt my fish. so far i've been lucky i guess.... thanks for any help and advise!!

Last edited by Keven; 04/22/09 05:42 AM.
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